"Let's not try to figure out everything at once." Throughout the entirety of my life, I have always been a very inpatient person, despite always preaching about how important patience is. I've decided that it's time to let go and just see what happens. "Our willingness to wait reveals the value we place on the object we're waiting for" - Charles Stanley. There are so many things we can and will be waiting for in life; opportunities, the becoming of ourselves, love and so much more. We need to learn to wait for what's good for us, rather than being impatient and settling for second best.
"Don't rush love, because even in fairy-tales the happy ending happens on the last page" As soon as I decide what I want in love, I rush to have it. I don't think I ever really grasped the idea of waiting for things, I assumed the hardest part was over when I had made a decision. What I didn't realise was that these amazing things weren't just handed to you as soon as you realised you wanted it. But, it isn't all about physically waiting. "It is foreseeing. It is looking into the night and seeing the day. Lovers and patient and know the moon needs time to become full" - Rumi. And this messed me up in both a positive and negative way. Negatively because I couldn't sit down and circle a date on my calender for when a certain event would happen or I would receive a certain object/opportunity. It was difficult not being able to count down the days because I would finally be happy with the decision I had made. And in some cases it gave me more time to question as to whether I had made the right decision or if I even wanted that thing anymore. It was more time to give up or settle for second best. There is no real advice I can give to anyone to get over these feelings, because in the end it is your decision. As I know "It's hard to wait for something you know might never happen; but it's harder to give up when you know it's everything you want" but just think, the minute you start to think about giving up, think about why you held on for so long. And just like everything that comes to you in time, you'll realise there and then; the contentment, the vindication and the happiness in your patience.
Patience can also be applied to moving away from something rather than towards something. They say that love is patience...so love yourself. Take as much time as you need and put it into yourself. Emotionally healing for example, doesn't take just a day, week, month or maybe even a year, it takes time to recreate yourself. You'll come out stronger than before. "Just when the caterpillar thought the world was over, it became a butterfly" I know this to be true better than I ever have before as I am taking that year to heal and become a better person from mistakes I made in the past. It's important to always remember that you are a working progress, you were not meant to perfect 100% all at once, or maybe not at all...it means you'll get there little pieces at a time. Realising this and understanding this helps the whole process of the patience we place in ourselves, our mental and physical health and the journey we take to get to the place we desire to taste. As one of my favourite quotes state, "It'll all be okay in the end; and if it's not okay it's not the end."
"You can't rush something you want to last forever." So whether you're waiting for the perfect love, a new opportunity, or simply your broken heart to heal; understanding the important of patience is important for journey it's going to take to get you there. "What comes easy won't last long, and what lasts long won't be easy" If there is anything I have truly learnt from this whole process, the positive - it's all worth the wait.
"When you believe in a thing, believe in it all the way, implicitly and unquestionably" - Walt Disney
Go nuts guys
"Don't rush love, because even in fairy-tales the happy ending happens on the last page" As soon as I decide what I want in love, I rush to have it. I don't think I ever really grasped the idea of waiting for things, I assumed the hardest part was over when I had made a decision. What I didn't realise was that these amazing things weren't just handed to you as soon as you realised you wanted it. But, it isn't all about physically waiting. "It is foreseeing. It is looking into the night and seeing the day. Lovers and patient and know the moon needs time to become full" - Rumi. And this messed me up in both a positive and negative way. Negatively because I couldn't sit down and circle a date on my calender for when a certain event would happen or I would receive a certain object/opportunity. It was difficult not being able to count down the days because I would finally be happy with the decision I had made. And in some cases it gave me more time to question as to whether I had made the right decision or if I even wanted that thing anymore. It was more time to give up or settle for second best. There is no real advice I can give to anyone to get over these feelings, because in the end it is your decision. As I know "It's hard to wait for something you know might never happen; but it's harder to give up when you know it's everything you want" but just think, the minute you start to think about giving up, think about why you held on for so long. And just like everything that comes to you in time, you'll realise there and then; the contentment, the vindication and the happiness in your patience.
Patience can also be applied to moving away from something rather than towards something. They say that love is patience...so love yourself. Take as much time as you need and put it into yourself. Emotionally healing for example, doesn't take just a day, week, month or maybe even a year, it takes time to recreate yourself. You'll come out stronger than before. "Just when the caterpillar thought the world was over, it became a butterfly" I know this to be true better than I ever have before as I am taking that year to heal and become a better person from mistakes I made in the past. It's important to always remember that you are a working progress, you were not meant to perfect 100% all at once, or maybe not at all...it means you'll get there little pieces at a time. Realising this and understanding this helps the whole process of the patience we place in ourselves, our mental and physical health and the journey we take to get to the place we desire to taste. As one of my favourite quotes state, "It'll all be okay in the end; and if it's not okay it's not the end."
"You can't rush something you want to last forever." So whether you're waiting for the perfect love, a new opportunity, or simply your broken heart to heal; understanding the important of patience is important for journey it's going to take to get you there. "What comes easy won't last long, and what lasts long won't be easy" If there is anything I have truly learnt from this whole process, the positive - it's all worth the wait.
"When you believe in a thing, believe in it all the way, implicitly and unquestionably" - Walt Disney
Go nuts guys